Techland revealed Dying Mild: The Beast, the newest addition to the open-world zombie collection, with a brand new trailer that teases the return of the unique recreation’s protagonist, Kyle Crane, as its playable character. The announcement got here with a trailer throughout Gamescom Opening Night time Stay.
The trailer is gentle on particulars, however switches views between a gaggle of troopers and an unseen creature that rips them apart–which, given what Crane says when he lastly seems on display screen, appears prone to be the player-character. Take a look at the trailer beneath.
“Each man has an animal inside. In case you push an excessive amount of, you may unleash the beast,” Crane says cryptically. So 10 bucks says you get to play as a mutant monster along with a sneaky, parkouring zombie-hunter, as we see in some gameplay clips within the again half of the trailer.
Afterward, Opening Night time Stay host Geoff Keighley offered a bit of extra context, calling The Beast “a brand new zombie journey set within the Dying Mild world with 20 hours of gameplay, a brand new open-world area, and extra.” So this sounds someplace between an growth to Dying Mild 2 and a full-blown, standalone title.
Dying Mild 2: Keep Human launched again in 2022, bringing again the collection’ signature parkour-heavy traversal system together with deeper development and narrative decisions. We have been blended on the sequel, with Mark Delaney saying in his overview, “Whereas Dying Mild 2’s most-crucial component, first-person parkour, is actually higher than it is even been on this huge sequel, a lot of the remainder of the sport fails to maintain up.”